Hamas official Basem Naim said on Monday to the Anglo-France-Presse (AFP) that the terror group did not know which of the hostages were dead or alive. ...

The same Hamas official, in an interview with the BBC, said that the hostages "are in different areas with different groups" and Hamas "have asked for a ceasefire to collect that data [on which hostages are alive and where.]"

Continuing the BBC interview, Naim asserted that information relating to the hostages was "valuable" and could not be given "for free."